122 FLORAL DESIGNS. 
hanging the balance on a convenient nail or peg. The moisture which is 
inseparable from all florists' places soon condenses, and in a short time the 
wire is covered with rust. 
When No. 36 wire is rusty, it is spoiled for wrapping flowers. A good 
way is to have a wire box, with one or two trays or drawers in it large 
enough to contain two or more stones of wire ; these can be divided into 
compartments so as to allow wires already cut into lengths to be placed 
therein. Florists' places, as a rule, are very poorly equipped in regard to 
such conveniences. Again and again have we seen boxes of cut wires, 
covered with rust, mixed up with rusty nails of assorted sizes — perhaps a 
few odd suspender buttons ! Again, string, wire and thread were in inex- 
tricable confusion. No paying business is conducted on this basis. Have 
your things neat and orderly if you expect to make money out of the 
business. 
